One person in hospital after Mercedes-Benz slams into motel

Tara Miko
Journalist
Tara joined the company in 2010 after graduating with a journalism and politics degree from Griffith University in Brisbane. After first working in newspapers in the Bowen Basin in Central Queensland, she joined the team at The Chronicle in 2013. In September that year she took over the reins of the Rural Weekly, and has been on the crime desk in Toowoomba since 2015.

UPDATE 4am: Police are investigating a traffic crash that resulted in a car smashing into a hotel yesterday afternoon.

About 3.10pm, a grey Mercedes-Benz sedan travelling east along Bruntnell street proceeded through the intersection with Ruthven Street into the driveway of a motel on Ruthven Street.

The vehicle collided with a parked Hyundai Getz that was unoccupied at the time and continued, colliding with the motel reception causing extensive damage to the building.

The driver of the vehicle was located a short distance away and was transported to Toowoomba Base Hospital with possible spinal injuries.

No other persons were injured as a result of the crash.

Investigations are continuing.

UPDATE 4.30pm: One person has been taken to hospital after a car smashed into a motel in Toowoomba this afternoon.

The Queensland Ambulance Service reported one person suffered minor injuries and was taken to Toowoomba Hospital in a stable condition with spinal precautions.

They were taken from the Allan Cunningham Motel on Ruthven St where a car slammed into the reception area of the Kearneys Spring building.

Emergency services at the Allan Cunningham Motel on Ruthven St where a car smashed into the building in Kearneys Spring. October 11, 2018Kevin Farmer

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services secured the scene initially reported to be "unstable" after the incident about 3.15pm.

#Update - one patient was transported to Toowoomba Hospital in a stable condition with minor injuries and spinal precautions after a vehicle into a building in #KearneySprings. No other people required QAS assistance.